May, 2018

• 22 May

  Energy regulator moving backward on climate change, say Democrats

  Bloomberg Just weeks after the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission launched a sweeping review of its natural gas pipeline policy, its members are again split on the extent to which they should take climate change into account. In the latest clash, the commission’s Republican members voted to dismiss an environmental group’s challenge to Dominion Energy Inc.’s New Market gas pipeline in ...

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• 22 May

  China’s latest move on trade is a massive cut to car tariffs

  

  Bloomberg China will cut the import duty on passenger cars to 15 percent, further opening up a market that’s been a chief target of the US in its trade fight with the world’s second-largest economy. The Finance Ministry said the levy will be lowered effective July 1 from the current 25 percent that has been in place for more than ...

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• 22 May

  Uber wins government approval in Japan with pilot taxi service

  

  Bloomberg After years of being sidelined by Japan’s laws against ride-sharing, Uber Technologies Inc. won government approval for a taxi-hailing pilot programme in Japan. Starting this summer, Uber will connect local drivers and passengers in Awaji, a remote island that’s home to 120,000 people and a dozen taxi companies, the company said in a statement. The pilot, which will last ...

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• 22 May

  Singapore high-flyer eyes ‘protection’ for debt talks

  

  Bloomberg Hyflux Ltd., the Singapore water treatment firm, is considering seeking a form of court protection to facilitate negotiations with creditors, people with knowledge of the matter said. The company is considering asking the Singapore courts for a 30-day moratorium preventing creditors from taking certain actions that could hurt its financial position, according to one of the people. The move ...

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• 22 May

  Sony new CEO sets low bar with ‘mid-term goals’

  

  Bloomberg Sony Corp., once known for pushing the boundaries of technology, is starting to look a little bit boring under Kenichiro Yoshida. The new CEO’s reputation as a stoic numbers guy was demonstrated on Tuesday when he unveiled mid-term targets for the first time as chief executive officer, predicting conservative profit growth across most divisions over the next three years ...

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• 22 May

  Xiaomi’s IPO to make dozens of lucky workers millionaires

  

  Bloomberg Eight years ago, before China’s Xiaomi Corp. had sold a single smartphone, 56 of the earliest employees pulled together $11 million to invest in the startup. Rank-and-file workers dipped into savings and borrowed from parents. One receptionist tapped her dowry. Today, they’re the Lucky 56. Xiaomi is one of the most successful smartphone makers in the world and it’s ...

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• 22 May

  Trump retreats from China tariffs amid White House trade discord

  

  Bloomberg President Donald Trump retreated from imposing tariffs on billions of dollars worth of Chinese goods because of White House discord over trade strategy and concern about harming negotiations with North Korea, according to people briefed on the administration’s deliberations. Trump also succumbed to pressure from farm-state Republicans, who heavily lobbied the White House to resolve its trade differences with ...

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• 22 May

  Britain borrows less than forecast in first month of fiscal year

  

  Bloomberg Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond received a boost on Tuesday as figures showed Britain borrowed less than predicted in the first month of the new fiscal year. Spending exceeded revenue by 7.8 billion pounds ($10.5 billion) in April, the smallest deficit for the month since 2008, the Office for National Statistics said. A shortfall of 8.5 billion pounds ...

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• 22 May

  EU hunts for formula to avert deeper US trade row

  

  Bloomberg The European Union scrambled to come up with a strategy to avoid US tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum, signaling a readiness to accept American import quotas and to slash some EU duties in return for a permanent waiver. With an EU exemption from the metal levies due to lapse on June 1, European Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom indicated ...

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• 22 May

  Intel finds another chip exploit, says fix in place

  

  Bloomberg Intel Corp, the biggest maker of computer processors, said it found another way to attack computers related to the chip security flaws announced earlier this year. The means to protect against the vulnerability is already in place and there is no evidence of it having been used to hack computers, Intel said in a statement on its website. “We ...

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